1st Edition
Places of Memory Whiteman's Schools and Native American Communities
By Alan Peshkin
Copyright 1997
166 Pages
by
Routledge
168 Pages
by
Routledge
168 Pages
by
Routledge
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While visiting New Mexico, the author was struck with the opportunity the state presents to explore the school-community relationship in rural, religious, and multiethnic sociocultural settings. In New Mexico, the school-community relationship can be learned within four major culture groups -- Indian, Spanish-American, Mexican, and Anglo. Together, studies of these culture groups form a portrait... Read more
Contents: Preface. Prologue. The Focus of Memory: School and Community. Education at Indian High School: Good Intentions. "Preserving What We Love and Cherish": Pueblo Ideals. "Caught Up in This White Man's Society": Living in Two Worlds. "Go Have Yourself a Good Education": The Limits to Getting One. Reconstructing Memory: Imagining a Future. Epilogue.
Biography
Alan Peshkin
